The counter to away goals counting double is that the home team has the ‘advantage’ of being at home, For longer, I.e. extra time too
But once you’re in a semi, as the last 2 euro games showed, it’s all relative and games can turn in an instant Seeing random fans interviewed on Sky etc. Cast my mind back to our euro games Sent from my iPhone > On 9 May 2019, at 10:22, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think away goals as a final deciding factor is OK but to my mind goals > scored in any extra time should not be counted - it seems unfair that the > teams are level after 2 x90mins but then if the away team score in extra time > the home team need to score twice > I have always thought it should either be - 2 x 90-mins and then look at away > goals and if equal go to pens > or > Get extra time if scores level after 2 x 90mins but do not look at away goals > I supppose I am Ok with having away goals count after extra time but only > those scored in the 2 x 90mins > (Hope you can understand / follow that) > Yeah I remember the Oldham game (like a lot of Leeds fans, despite their > Chairman saying no Leeds fans can get in home sections, being down the side, > upper tier and jumping about (before my accident) on the roof thing when we > scored and then when we won. It was very odd, many fans thought we had gone > through at the end and then found out that was not the case, but extra time > was strange in that both teams seemed to just stop playing and let it totally > fizzle out (that may be my false memory but that is how I remember it)I also > remember thinking how unfair the system was (correct) and that it would be > scrapped (totallly incorrect with all the surrounding razzmatazz now) since > we had finished well behind Oldham but had a chance of going up instead of > them - no doubt we will all think the same if Derby knock us out having come > miles behind us ! > Dave > On Thursday, 9 May 2019, 09:30:54 BST, Kevin Lewis (UK SBS) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, I got my tickets too. Tried to get in the queue before 9am, but it > wouldn't let you. Ended up queuing for 15 mins from 9am and was in. > > Like Rich, I was surprised how many there we left, but I guess it was only > 9.20! > > I remember away goals counting in the early days of the play-offs, but only > after extra time. If anyone is old enough to remember, Mickey Adams late > goal at Oldham in 1987. Some Leeds fans did a mini pitch-invasion thinking > that had put us through, but we actually had to wait through another 30 mins > of extra time before the 'away goal' counted. > > IMO that is the right way to use away goals, i.e. only after extra time has > been tried first. I guess it interferes with travel plans in European Games, > but they can still go to extra time under the present system, just not as > often. > > Must admit that it did add to the drama last night knowing that a Spurs goal > would put them through, not just equalise. > > KL. > > > ____________________________________________________________ > UK Shared Business Services Ltd. 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